California Landmark 519: Bell's Bridge in Redding, California

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California Historical Landmarks in Shasta County

California Landmark 519
Bell's Bridge
Highway 99 and Clear Creek Road
Redding

25 September 2006
(Click the Photo to Enlarge It)

Bell's Bridge

Erected in 1851 by J. J. Bell, this was an important toll bridge on the road from Shasta City to Tehama. Bell's Mansion, erected in 1859 on Clear Creek, was a favorite stopping place for miners on their way to the Shasta, Trinity, and Siskiyou gold fields.

Citation from California Office of Historic Preservation

According to our calculations, Bell's bridge used to be here. But we found no bridge, no creek, no plaque. Just a particularly nasty intersection (see map) where Clear Creek Road and Westside Road meet Old Highway 99, rechristened Highway 273 along this stretch. An employee of the nearest business said that a plaque used to stand at this intersection, but she did not remember when it disappeared.

Head about seven miles out Clear Creek Road for a more bucolic scene, Reading's Bar.

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